NARCOTINE

Noun

narcotine (countable and uncountable, plural narcotines)

An alkaloid found in opium

Synonyms

• noscapine

Anagrams

• container, cotarnine, crenation

Source: Wiktionary


Nar"co*tine, n. Etym: [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine.] (Chem.)

Definition: An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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